Understanding the factors affecting the activation of alkane by Cp'Rh(CO2) (Cp' = Cp or Cp*)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 20178-20183

  George, Michael W ^a   Hall, Michael B ^b   Jina, Omar S ^a   Portius, Peter ^a,e   Sun, Xue Zhong ^a   Towrie, Michael ^c   Wu, Hong ^b   Yang, Xinzheng ^b   Zaric, Snežana D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computation; Organometallic; Photochemistry; Sigma complex; Transition metal

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; CARBON; HYDROGEN;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; KINETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78650585987     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001249107     Document Type: Article

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